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The Applied Technology Council is a nonprofit research organization based in California which studies the effects of natural hazards on the built environment and how to mitigate these effects, particularly earthquakes. It was founded through the efforts of the Structural Engineers Association of California in 1973. [1]
The Alder Creek Bridge in Manchester, California, is located within an Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone. [ 2 ] Buildings built before 1972 may still lie on top of active faults, and those buildings can remain where they were originally built, unless they undergo a major remodel where more than 50% of the building changes.
For example, following the 2016 earthquake swarm at Bombay Beach, CEPEC released a statement [2] to CalOES estimating that the probability of a magnitude 7 or larger earthquake on the San Andreas fault for the following week was between 0.03% and 1%. This advisory of the heightened risk led to the temporary closure of the city hall in San ...
The 2015 Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 3, or UCERF3, is the latest official earthquake rupture forecast (ERF) for the state of California, superseding UCERF2. It provides authoritative estimates of the likelihood and severity of potentially damaging earthquake ruptures in the long- and near-term.
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Fire insurance has become more costly—if it's available at all—in California, leading more Golden State homeowners to turn to the FAIR Plan, a government-backed insurer of last resort.
Source: "Because of the fires that started last week, that linchpin may be about to break, with consequences that would reverberate throughout California’s economy. As of last Friday, the FAIR Plan had just $377 million available to pay claims, according to the office of Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat of California.
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